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Commissioned Officers, 180.
Was 618; from then have desertech and 42 have been invalided, leaving an aggregate of 568 to stand against the rate of mortality; the results will be deduced in the following table.
| Strength | Deaths | Proportion of deaths to Strength |
|---|---|---|
| 568 | 136 | 23.94 Percent |
Thus, in the 59th Regiment, the mortality is more than twice that in the general community, exhibited under the worst light, - seven times greater than amongst persons employed in the Civil Government, and more than eleven times that of the mortality amongst the Police.
It is thus evident that the excessive mortality has been confined to the men of the 59th Regiment, and the inference of some inherent cause within themselves is irresistible. Does that cause exist in the situation of the Barracks? _the crowded state of the rooms? the practice of excluding the air? the peculiar nature of their rations? or their social and personal habits?_ The first supposition is refuted by the exemption of the officers from disease, who shared with them the same Barracks, nor indeed can any rational objection be made to the situation of the Barracks. It has been admitted, I believe, that it has been the habit to shut out the air in the Barracks during the heat of summer, by keeping the windows closed night and day; that the rooms in the Barracks are exceedingly crowded; - and that the ordinary ration consists of only a certain kind of animal food and very few vegetables.
There is no doubt that the state of the atmosphere during the past year has been malarial, the prevalence of one form of disease, modified only by the constitution it was implanted on, has...
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C.O./ 133
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commissioned Officers,
180.
was 618; from then & have
desertech and 42′′ have been invalided, leaving
Alic
aggregate of 568 to stand
against
ainst the rate
fromm
of mortality; the accults with be deduced the following table
Table P9. Showing the retual strength of the
59th Regiments, the number of deatts,
·
'trength.
568.
mortality
and the proportion of death's to Strengthe
in 1850.
Deaths
136
Proportion of deaths to Strength. 23.94 Feent.
Thus, in the 59th Regiment, the
(a) Ane
than twice that in the
general community, exhibited under the "wrst light,-
seven times greater than
: amongst persons employed in the Civil Govemment, and more than eleven times
in excell
of the mortality amongst the Police.
It is thus evident that the excessive mortality
"
" has been confined to the men
of the 59tt
some inherent
. Regiment, and the inference of some
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cause within themselves is incrictible. Does that
cause exist in the situation of the Barracks?_the_
of
crowded state of the rooms! _ the practice of
the air? the
excluding
soldiers rations? _ or
hart? The
peculiar nature
of the
their social and personal
first supporition is refuted by
the exemption of the officers from discare,
who
shared with them the same Banacks, non indech can any rational objection be made to the situation of the Banacks. It has been
of
admitted, I believe, that it has been the habit to shut out the air in the Warracks during the heat.
of-
summer, by keeping the windows clozed night and day;_ that the rooms in the Banacks are
exceedingly crowded; - and that the ordinary
ration consist of only
and very few vegetables.
hind
of animal food
There is no doubt that the state of the atmosphere during the past year has been sualarial the prevalence of one form of disease, modified_ only by the constitution it was
implanted on, has
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